Tartans Open Play at Mount Union Invitational with Pair of Wins
The Carnegie Mellon University volleyball team traveled to the Mount Union Invitational for competition beginning on Friday. The 20th-ranked Tartans won a pair of matches with a 3-0 win over Chatham University and a 3-1 victory over Marietta College. The wins improve the Cardinal and Gray to 3-0 overall on the season.
Inside the Box Score Against Chatham
- The Tartans won with set scores of 25-11, 25-20, and 25-17.
- Senior Kate Giang led the Tartans offensively with nine kills while sophomore Caroline Smith and junior Katherine Marshall each added seven kills in the win
- Sophomore Dani Lee led the Tartans with 11 assists while senior Neha Tummala finished with nine.
- Carnegie Mellon ended with 10 service aces, as junior Brynn Shearn recorded three and classmate Izzy Saffert had two.
- Giang had a team-best eight digs and Saffert totaled seven.
- At the net, Smith had two block solos and two block assists.
Inside the Box Score Against Marietta
- The Tartans won with set scores of 25-27, 25-15, 25-17, and 25-18.
- Giang once again led the offense with 18 kills, as sophomore Sophie Pan totaled a career-high 10 for the Tartans.
- Lee dished out 20 assists and Tummala 18.
- The Tartans totaled 16 aces against Marietta with Shearn tying a career-high with six. Tummala recorded four and Lee tabbed a career-best
- Senior Zoe Gavros led the defense with 23 digs. Tummala finished with 11, Shearn a career-best 10 and Lee had 10.
- Smith again led at the net with two block solos and two block assists.